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MADISON v. COMMISSIONER, AL DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 16-12279.

851 F.3d 1173 (2017)

Vernon MADISON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 15, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angela Leigh Setzer, Randall S. Susskind, Jennae Rose Swiergula, Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama, MONTGOMERY, AL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

James Roy Houts, Alabama Attorney General's Office, MONTGOMERY, AL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before WILSON, MARTIN, and JORDAN, Circuit Judges.

Thirty years ago, the Supreme Court held that the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of a person who is incompetent.1 Ford v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 399, 409-10, 106 S.Ct. 2595, 2602, 91 L.Ed.2d 335 (1986). The Court has since clarified...

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